menace

The performance, perhaps intending to inject a note of potential menace, plays up Ru’s anger at the expense of his hurt — and comes off as grating and utterly unsympathetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

In adapting the premise for TV, series creator Nick Antosca dilutes the movies’ naked menace by pouring reasonable doubt into both Max’s profile and that of the Bowdens, the married lawyers behind his downfall.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi, arguably the world's best right back, was a constant menace both on the ball and in the Canadian players' faces, while creative fulcrum Brahim Diaz claimed two assists.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Popular culture has often portrayed the species as a dangerous menace, contributing to a reputation that many scientists argue is exaggerated.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

But even men far tougher and more attuned to the wilderness than Thoreau were sobered by its strange and palpable menace.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

EU officials said that as part of the efforts they want to step up the mandatory registration of drones across the bloc to be able to better keep track of potential menaces.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

But when a twister menaces their city, and Dad calls the boys while on the air, that goes viral and there’s actually a moral to the story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

It is a disgrace, he says, that the energy firms can send out "menaces" like that over a problem of their making.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

Slow-moving brackish water, threatening to swallow whatever comes near, menaces in the background.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024

I laughed in my sleeve at his menaces.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Even when the whole family is menaced, as in “Poltergeist,” the evil entities have a special yearning to possess little blonde girls.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025

They have been menaced for money over dropped passes and missed shots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

After all, they inhabited a precarious cosmos where the prospect of drought menaced entire civilizations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

Riddle of Fire Rated PG-13 for menaced kids and mumbled dialogue.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

They thought the thing that had menaced the city for years had been captured, that all would be well from hereon.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

In this sense, the Backrooms reveal how digital culture is beginning to reshape experiences traditionally associated with tourism, allowing for the mundane to become menacing.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

I've come to an industrial space in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco expecting to see a menacing humanoid robot solider doing something combat-like: the future of land-based warfare, perhaps.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

And so Sam it was, but an eagle that was more comical than menacing, so as not to scare the kiddies and customers — a happy raptor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

In marking these tragic anniversaries, let’s applaud the liberty and prosperity that lulls us, while vowing to resist the totalitarian threats menacing us, be they overseas or next door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Up close, his scars made him appear more sympathetic than menacing or villainous.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson